SFRC-83/04 Fire Effects on Flowering and Fruiting Patterns of Understory Plants in Pinelands of Everglades National Park
Gunderson L, Taylor D, Craig J. 1983. SFRC-83/04 Fire Effects on Flowering and Fruiting Patterns of Understory Plants in Pinelands of Everglades National Park. SFRC 83/04. South Florida Natural Resources Center. Homestead, Florida
Studies of the phenologic patterns of flowering and fruiting form a component of the knowledge about the reproductive strategies of individual plants and plant assemblages. This information, when combined with seed dispersal mechanisms, germination requirements, and other regeneration modes, can provide insight into observed distributions of plant species. Loope (1980) characterized flowering and fruiting activity in the pinelands of Everglades National Park (EVER). He stated that some pineland species were probably stimulated to flower and fruit by fire, but found no system level fire effects. He also found that the number of species re productively active remained fairly constant throughout the year, a pattern not attributable to annual fluctuations in climate.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Gunderson, Lance; Taylor, Dale; Craig, Jim
- Date of Issue
- 1983-08
- Publisher
- South Florida Natural Resources Center
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- everglades, FIRE, pinelands, SFNRCTRS